There are two keys to being a worship leader, and the clue is in the name! Firstly, you have to worship when no one is looking. Just getting up to play your songs and not actually spending time in the week praying, listening to the Word, reading the Word, listening to sermons, giving generously, lovingContinue reading “WORSHIP LEADER MEANS WORSHIPPER AND LEADER!”
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Manifest Leadership 12 Make the Tough Calls
I’ve often offered to my team (and my children as well, but that’s a different arena of leadership) that if there is a tough conversation to be had, that I will happily call the person and have it for them. It’s what my friend Bjorn Lutke calls being the stern grandad. He says that ifContinue reading “Manifest Leadership 12 Make the Tough Calls”
Manifest Leadership 11 Make Your Team Champions!
Your team – your elders, the people working for you, your volunteers, your staff, whatever form it takes – need to be enabled and empowered to influence others. Part of being a leader is learning how to empower others to lead. Put your team in places where they can solve problems for others, where theyContinue reading “Manifest Leadership 11 Make Your Team Champions!”
Manifest Leadership 10 Do the Right Thing!
If you are a leader, do the right thing no matter what. Tell the truth, keep confidence, take responsibility for your failures, love people. Do what is right no matter how you feel about it. We should not just be first in preaching, in prophesying, in singing, we should be first in doing the rightContinue reading “Manifest Leadership 10 Do the Right Thing!”
Manifest Leadership 09 Be the Best You!
When you do what you do well, people will want to watch. They will want to bring others to watch. This morning I was in a training course to help learn how to raise up and train church planters. Then I am off to equip leaders and ministers. When I do what I do well,Continue reading “Manifest Leadership 09 Be the Best You!”
Manifest Leadership 08 Help Others Succeed
One of the true signs of leadership is you help others succeed at what you do. The fruit of a good pastor is not how many sheep he has, but how many shepherds has he produced. Think about it – the fruit of apple trees is apples, not branches. The fruit of leaders is leaders,Continue reading “Manifest Leadership 08 Help Others Succeed”
Manifest Leadership 07 Respect People
Leading people can be hard work. People will make mistakes. Sometimes it isn’t a mistake, it’s a deliberate choice to assault your values and character. Some people lie, some people falsely accuse, some people undermine. However, like all endeavours of walking by faith, we must never let circumstances change what we believe in the Word.Continue reading “Manifest Leadership 07 Respect People”
Manifest Leadership 06 Start Something!
If there is a team doing something, and there is someone in the team who hasn’t checked in, don’t twiddle your thumbs, reach out to them. If there is a problem in the team, don’t wait for someone else to address it, sort it. If you want want leadership to manifest you are going toContinue reading “Manifest Leadership 06 Start Something!”
Manifest Leadership 05 Make Real Friends!
As organizations grow, there has to be a real push by leaders to make real friends. When I teach on the three steps of leadership, the first step is making friends. People follow people they like. You can actually change an entire office, an entire church, an entire school by the relationships you build. WhatContinue reading “Manifest Leadership 05 Make Real Friends!”
Grace and Faith Day 2
After some remarkable worship from Charlie and Jill LeBlanc, Andrew Wommack wisely asked Ashley Terradez to receive the offering. Ashley said the first thing this morning that hit me so hard and made me think: if a ministry has helped you and changed your life and you are not partnering with it, there is somethingContinue reading “Grace and Faith Day 2”
Inspiring and Challenging Dreamers 